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   gag order
         n 1: a court order restricting information or comment by the
               participants involved in a lawsuit; "imposing a gag order
               on members of the press violates the First Amendment"

English Dictionary: gizzard by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gagwriter
n
  1. someone who writes comic material for public performers
    Synonym(s): gagman, gagster, gagwriter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
geezerhood
n
  1. a late time of life; "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood"
    Synonym(s): old age, years, age, eld, geezerhood
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Geiger tube
n
  1. an ionization chamber contained in a tube in a Geiger counter
    Synonym(s): Geiger tube, Geiger-Muller tube
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gigahertz
n
  1. 1,000,000,000 periods per second [syn: gigahertz, GHz, gigacycle per second, gigacycle, Gc]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gigartinaceae
n
  1. a family of protoctist [syn: Gigartinaceae, {family Gigartinaceae}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gizzard
n
  1. thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food
    Synonym(s): gizzard, ventriculus, gastric mill
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
go-cart
n
  1. an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk
    Synonym(s): walker, baby-walker, go-cart
  2. wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels; "he used a handcart to carry the rocks away"; "their pushcart was piled high with groceries"
    Synonym(s): handcart, pushcart, cart, go-cart
  3. a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
    Synonym(s): baby buggy, baby carriage, carriage, perambulator, pram, stroller, go-cart, pushchair, pusher
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
go-kart
n
  1. a small low motor vehicle with four wheels and an open framework; used for racing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gujarat
n
  1. a region of western India to the north of Bombay (bordering the Arabian Sea) where Gujarati is spoken
    Synonym(s): Gujarat, Gujerat
  2. an industrialized state in western India that includes parts of Bombay
    Synonym(s): Gujarat, Gujerat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gujarati
n
  1. a member of the people of Gujarat [syn: Gujarati, Gujerati]
  2. the Indic language spoken by the people of India who live in Gujarat in western India
    Synonym(s): Gujarati, Gujerati
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gujerat
n
  1. a region of western India to the north of Bombay (bordering the Arabian Sea) where Gujarati is spoken
    Synonym(s): Gujarat, Gujerat
  2. an industrialized state in western India that includes parts of Bombay
    Synonym(s): Gujarat, Gujerat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gujerati
n
  1. a member of the people of Gujarat [syn: Gujarati, Gujerati]
  2. the Indic language spoken by the people of India who live in Gujarat in western India
    Synonym(s): Gujarati, Gujerati
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Gas fitter}, one who lays pipes and puts up fixtures for
            gas.
  
      {Gas fitting}.
            (a) The occupation of a gas fitter.
            (b) pl. The appliances needed for the introduction of gas
                  into a building, as meters, pipes, burners, etc.
  
      {Gas fixture}, a device for conveying illuminating or
            combustible gas from the pipe to the gas-burner,
            consisting of an appendage of cast, wrought, or drawn
            metal, with tubes upon which the burners, keys, etc., are
            adjusted.
  
      {Gas generator}, an apparatus in which gas is evolved; as:
            (a) a retort in which volatile hydrocarbons are evolved by
                  heat;
            (b) a machine in which air is saturated with the vapor of
                  liquid hydrocarbon; a carburetor;
            (c) a machine for the production of carbonic acid gas, for
                  a[89]rating water, bread, etc. --Knight.
  
      {Gas jet}, a flame of illuminating gas.
  
      {Gas machine}, an apparatus for carbureting air for use as
            illuminating gas.
  
      {Gas meter}, an instrument for recording the quantity of gas
            consumed in a given time, at a particular place.
  
      {Gas retort}, a retort which contains the coal and other
            materials, and in which the gas is generated, in the
            manufacture of gas.
  
      {Gas stove}, a stove for cooking or other purposes, heated by
            gas.
  
      {Gas tar}, coal tar.
  
      {Gas trap}, a drain trap; a sewer trap. See 4th {Trap}, 5.
  
      {Gas washer} (Gas Works), an apparatus within which gas from
            the condenser is brought in contact with a falling stream
            of water, to precipitate the tar remaining in it.
            --Knight.
  
      {Gas water}, water through which gas has been passed for
            purification; -- called also {gas liquor} and {ammoniacal
            water}, and used for the manufacture of sal ammoniac,
            carbonate of ammonia, and Prussian blue. --Tomlinson.
  
      {Gas well}, a deep boring, from which natural gas is
            discharged. --Raymond.
  
      {Gas works}, a manufactory of gas, with all the machinery and
            appurtenances; a place where gas is generated for lighting
            cities.
  
      {Laughing gas}. See under {Laughing}.
  
      {Marsh gas} (Chem.), a light, combustible, gaseous
            hydrocarbon, {CH4}, produced artificially by the dry
            distillation of many organic substances, and occurring as
            a natural product of decomposition in stagnant pools,
            whence its name. It is an abundant ingredient of ordinary
            illuminating gas, and is the first member of the paraffin
            series. Called also {methane}, and in coal mines, {fire
            damp}.
  
      {Natural gas}, gas obtained from wells, etc., in
            Pennsylvania, Ohio, and elsewhere, and largely used for
            fuel and illuminating purposes. It is chiefly derived from
            the Coal Measures.
  
      {Olefiant gas} (Chem.). See {Ethylene}.
  
      {Water gas} (Chem.), a kind of gas made by forcing steam over
            glowing coals, whereby there results a mixture of hydrogen
            and carbon monoxide. This gives a gas of intense heating
            power, but destitute of light-giving properties, and which
            is charged by passing through some volatile hydrocarbon,
            as gasoline.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gauge \Gauge\, n. [Written also gage.]
      1. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to
            determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.
  
                     This plate must be a gauge to file your worm and
                     groove to equal breadth by.               --Moxon.
  
                     There is not in our hands any fixed gauge of minds.
                                                                              --I. Taylor.
  
      2. Measure; dimensions; estimate.
  
                     The gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and
                     contempt.                                          --Burke.
  
      3. (Mach. & Manuf.) Any instrument for ascertaining or
            regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or
            template; as, a button maker's gauge.
  
      4. (Physics) Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the
            state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical
            elements at any moment; -- usually applied to some
            particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge.
  
      5. (Naut.)
            (a) Relative positions of two or more vessels with
                  reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather
                  gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and
                  the lee gauge when on the lee side of it.
            (b) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
                  --Totten.
  
      6. The distance between the rails of a railway.
  
      Note: The standard gauge of railroads in most countries is
               four feet, eight and one half inches. Wide, or broad,
               gauge, in the United States, is six feet; in England,
               seven feet, and generally any gauge exceeding standard
               gauge. Any gauge less than standard gauge is now called
               narrow gauge. It varies from two feet to three feet six
               inches.
  
      7. (Plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with
            common plaster to accelerate its setting.
  
      8. (Building) That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which
            is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of
            such shingles, slates, or tiles.
  
      {Gauge of a carriage}, {car}, etc., the distance between the
            wheels; -- ordinarily called the {track}.
  
      {Gauge cock}, a stop cock used as a try cock for ascertaining
            the height of the water level in a steam boiler.
  
      {Gauge concussion} (Railroads), the jar caused by a car-wheel
            flange striking the edge of the rail.
  
      {Gauge glass}, a glass tube for a water gauge.
  
      {Gauge lathe}, an automatic lathe for turning a round object
            having an irregular profile, as a baluster or chair round,
            to a templet or gauge.
  
      {Gauge point}, the diameter of a cylinder whose altitude is
            one inch, and contents equal to that of a unit of a given
            measure; -- a term used in gauging casks, etc.
  
      {Gauge rod}, a graduated rod, for measuring the capacity of
            barrels, casks, etc.
  
      {Gauge saw}, a handsaw, with a gauge to regulate the depth of
            cut. --Knight.
  
      {Gauge stuff}, a stiff and compact plaster, used in making
            cornices, moldings, etc., by means of a templet.
  
      {Gauge wheel}, a wheel at the forward end of a plow beam, to
            determine the depth of the furrow.
  
      {Joiner's gauge}, an instrument used to strike a line
            parallel to the straight side of a board, etc.
  
      {Printer's gauge}, an instrument to regulate the length of
            the page.
  
      {Rain gauge}, an instrument for measuring the quantity of
            rain at any given place.
  
      {Salt gauge}, or {Brine gauge}, an instrument or contrivance
            for indicating the degree of saltness of water from its
            specific gravity, as in the boilers of ocean steamers.
  
      {Sea gauge}, an instrument for finding the depth of the sea.
           
  
      {Siphon gauge}, a glass siphon tube, partly filled with
            mercury, -- used to indicate pressure, as of steam, or the
            degree of rarefaction produced in the receiver of an air
            pump or other vacuum; a manometer.
  
      {Sliding gauge}. (Mach.)
            (a) A templet or pattern for gauging the commonly accepted
                  dimensions or shape of certain parts in general use,
                  as screws, railway-car axles, etc.
            (b) A gauge used only for testing other similar gauges,
                  and preserved as a reference, to detect wear of the
                  working gauges.
            (c) (Railroads) See Note under {Gauge}, n., 5.
  
      {Star gauge} (Ordnance), an instrument for measuring the
            diameter of the bore of a cannon at any point of its
            length.
  
      {Steam gauge}, an instrument for measuring the pressure of
            steam, as in a boiler.
  
      {Tide gauge}, an instrument for determining the height of the
            tides.
  
      {Vacuum gauge}, a species of barometer for determining the
            relative elasticities of the vapor in the condenser of a
            steam engine and the air.
  
      {Water gauge}.
            (a) A contrivance for indicating the height of a water
                  surface, as in a steam boiler; as by a gauge cock or
                  glass.
            (b) The height of the water in the boiler.
  
      {Wind gauge}, an instrument for measuring the force of the
            wind on any given surface; an anemometer.
  
      {Wire gauge}, a gauge for determining the diameter of wire or
            the thickness of sheet metal; also, a standard of size.
            See under {Wire}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Geyserite \Gey"ser*ite\, n. [From {Geyser}.] (Min.)
      A loose hydrated form of silica, a variety of opal, deposited
      in concretionary cauliflowerlike masses, around some hot
      springs and geysers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gizzard \Giz"zard\, n. [F. g[82]sier, L. gigeria, pl., the
      cooked entrails of poultry. Cf. {Gigerium}.]
      1. (Anat.) The second, or true, muscular stomach of birds, in
            which the food is crushed and ground, after being softened
            in the glandular stomach (crop), or lower part of the
            esophagus; the gigerium.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A thick muscular stomach found in many invertebrate
                  animals.
            (b) A stomach armed with chitinous or shelly plates or
                  teeth, as in certain insects and mollusks.
  
      {Gizzard shad} (Zo[94]l.), an American herring ({Dorosoma
            cepedianum}) resembling the shad, but of little value.
  
      {To fret the gizzard}, to harass; to vex one's self; to
            worry. [Low] --Hudibras.
  
      {To stick in one's gizzard}, to be difficult of digestion; to
            be offensive. [Low]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gizzard \Giz"zard\, n. [F. g[82]sier, L. gigeria, pl., the
      cooked entrails of poultry. Cf. {Gigerium}.]
      1. (Anat.) The second, or true, muscular stomach of birds, in
            which the food is crushed and ground, after being softened
            in the glandular stomach (crop), or lower part of the
            esophagus; the gigerium.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A thick muscular stomach found in many invertebrate
                  animals.
            (b) A stomach armed with chitinous or shelly plates or
                  teeth, as in certain insects and mollusks.
  
      {Gizzard shad} (Zo[94]l.), an American herring ({Dorosoma
            cepedianum}) resembling the shad, but of little value.
  
      {To fret the gizzard}, to harass; to vex one's self; to
            worry. [Low] --Hudibras.
  
      {To stick in one's gizzard}, to be difficult of digestion; to
            be offensive. [Low]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gocart \Go"cart`\, n.
      A framework moving on casters, designed to support children
      while learning to walk.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gosherd \Gos"herd\, n. [OE. gosherde. See {Goose}, and {Herd} a
      herdsman.]
      One who takes care of geese.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gozzard \Goz"zard\, n.
      See {Gosherd}. [Prov. Eng.]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   GigaHertz
  
      (GHz) Billions of cycles per second.
  
      The unit of frequency used to measure the {clock rate} of
      modern {digital logic}, including {microprocessors}.
  
      (2001-05-14)
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Geshurites
      (1.) The inhabitants of Geshur. They maintained friendly
      relations with the Israelites on the east of Jordan (Josh. 12:5;
      13:11, 13).
     
         (2.) Another aboriginal people of Palestine who inhabited the
      south-west border of the land. Geshuri in Josh. 13:2 should be
      "the Geshurite," not the Geshurites mentioned in ver. 11, 13,
      but the tribe mentioned in 1 Sam. 27:8.
     
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